Juggling Dynamite

A party that was formed just three years ago has beaten Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats in a closely watched state election in Germany. Here is a direct video link.

At the world’s biggest ship-recycling yard at Alang, India, life is becoming harder as fewer ships arrive. Here’s why. Here is a direct video link.

This is what smart looks like.  We have this ability and technology now.  No need to waste more time and money on antiquated, inefficient, toxic structures and systems. There is everything to gain here.  Listen to this podcast Growing Buildings with Green architect/designer Eric Corey Freed.

Here is a link to his excellent TEDx talk as well.

In recent years, buildings have grown taller and cities grander, but one thing that seems to have fallen to the bottom of constructrion priorities is environmental sustainability. Eric Corey Freed explores new models for transforming our structures into living habitats. By fusing creativity and design, Eric Corey Freed has led a generation of living—even breathing—architecture that blends the natural and manmade seamlessly.